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100 1 _aHalme, Kaarle,
_d1864-1946
245 1 0 _aTurma
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2025
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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500 _aRelease date is 2025-12-19
508 _aTapio Riikonen
520 _a"Turma" by Kaarle Halme is a three-act play written in the early 20th century. It is a domestic and social drama set on a Finnish country estate, where class tensions, family pride, and desire collide. The story centers on Helena Rautajoki, her dreamy daughter Sirkka, the feckless brother Lassi, the stern patriarch Hemminki, and the smooth-talking suitor Reino Valtala, whose attentions shift from mother to daughter and spark a crisis. The opening of the play shows a household on edge: Hemminki grumbles about his widowed daughter-in-law’s presence, the scheming housekeeper Reetta spreads gossip, and Helena learns that rumors linking her to Valtala have turned into his pursuit of Sirkka. Helena rushes to fetch her daughter by boat, but Sirkka unexpectedly arrives by car with Valtala. After Lassi falters, Hemminki confronts Valtala, who coolly admits he has turned from mother to daughter; soon after, he persuades Sirkka to elope, and they flee by automobile. A sheriff intercepts them, Helena faints from the shock, and while they wait, Hemminki confesses his long-held class prejudice against Helena; the segment ends as Sirkka returns and falls into her mother’s arms, with the larger reckoning still to come. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cHämeenlinna: Arvi A. Karisto Oy, 1920
653 _aFinnish drama -- 20th century
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77507
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